The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1905, Page 1

THE WBATHER. Forecast for Tuesday. December 26: San Franciseo and vicinity—Cloudy | ana threstening Tuesday; light west G. H. WILLSON, Local Forecaster. ALHAMBRA—"“A Fight for Love' CALIFORNIA — “Broadway Galety Girls.”™ COLUMBIA—""The American Lord.*” CHUTES—Vaudeville, GRAND—"“Monna Vanna." MAJESTIC—"Tt T Were King." NEW CENTRAL—"‘The Bys Witness.” — e VOLUME XCIX—NO. 26. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MOSCOW’S DEAD AND WOUNDED NUMBER NINETEEN THOUSAND 3 their dwellin oS & Revolutionists Are Desperately fending Their Barricades. Ve RASH COURAGE OF REBELS. i, with the fighting still after juence of the frequency of stray bullets. The proceeding: 7 o'clock in the evening. Many innocent persons have been killed.” LONDON, Dec. 25. — The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at St. Petersburg telegraphs: At hour this morning the casualties at Moscow were estimated at gooo killed and 14,000 inhabitants of Moscow have been forbidden to It is impossible to hearing from rela- e empire of the of slaughter in from d descripti occurred iss Kotorask, of the e and of .the the brigands fol- was held in of the man- which issu. mob, ar and church. re of the C: and wish quarter, e street e on them and set the mothers wer nd helple: ams of their perished, in stand b gonized scr they chil- atten- htered ndred Koto- with the irned their and slau Three time in arents rey that W le Um 1000 were kiiled le cruelties were practiced by ho participated in the massa- | o cording to | and, placing | work of mur- | X number | the | did the police refuse to | t aid the Jews iIn any wa"‘ ng the assacres, but many of | e ed the assassins In blood The students and | mbers of icited classes, how- came the assistance of the time. fear and tremblin, £ at every t surprisir the here REVOLUTIONISTS. ¢ I was in- 1 hey believed the =trike v ous they fully real ! e ng everything upon the i failure would set back t eral years. They said 1 their s to shak- ing dations of Russian finance, 1 that once the existing reg er own, they cculd as quick nother and that foreign na be as ready to advance mone democratic republic as to the a tocr They emphatically denied wer citing the peasantry to ages, declaring that the work of the 8 did not deny their ad- houses the | | | vocacy tribution of the crown | lands amc peasants. ] they declared that, in th failure of thelr cause, they would recourse to terrorism, choosing their ctims from all classes of soclety — e BABES CREMATED BY MOBS. W rosene Poured Upon Them Before the Torch Is Applied. APOLIS, De 25.—"Do _not as questions; do not walt to write t if you want to see us alive, send steamship tickets” is the despair- ing cry which the Russian Jews of and many of them fought vall- | n their defense. — . INSURGENT ARMY IN FIBLD. Sald to Be On War to the Assistance of Moscow Rebels. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 25.—Direct telegraphic commur tion with Mos- cow was severed last night, but the | Governme: succeeded in restorihg | communication by a rodndabout route | Is morning. All reports agree that | nz!nm;{ yesterday, which contin- 1 until midnight, assumed the nat- ure of a butchery by the machine guns of the artillery, grape and canister be- ing employed mercilessly against the ill-armed insurgents. At Rocius tales are told of the Cos- sacks, who, plied with vodka until drunk, fired down the streets, some- times charging with lances. The in-| surgents displaved great stubbornness | n holding barricades, even advancing | mass to the slaughter, here bombs were thrown from | windows the artillery was summoned | end battered the houses to pleces. The plan of the Insurgents, it is =aid, is to hold the outskirts and grad- uglly inclose the troops in the cen- ter of the city. Leaders announce that an army of 30,000 is concentrated at Orechoffsueff, northeast of Moscow. and will soon be ready to march to | the city's assistance. The latest re- port Is that both sides were exhausted at midnight, when ' firing practically | ceased. The streets were in absolute darkness, save for searchlights in the towers of bivouacs behind barricades. —— NO DISORDERS IN RIGA: Soldiers and Police Patrol Streets of r | | ! move about the city in INSURANCE MEN GUILTY OF LARCENY Graft Is Uncovered by Jerome’s De- tectives. Financiers Fill Homes at Policy Holders’ Expense. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 2%.—As the result of an investigation which has been quietly conducted for several weeks past the Dis trict Attorney’s office has come into pos- session of valuable evidence bearing upon the regords of certain high insurance of- & TARDY STORK DISAPPOINTS AN KUBELK Special Dispatch to The Call. NBW YORK, Dec. 25.—It wasn't any- body’'s fault that Kubelik, the violinist, didn’t get his Christmas present on time. The stork hadn't agreed to. deliver ths goods promptly on Christmas day, any way, so Kubelik just thought he would— and the party he invited to celebrate the expected event had a merry night and morning, Kvbelik walting, hopeful. A previous gift of the kind from Mrs. Kube- Ik was twins, Another visit of the stork was expected to-day and, accorcingly, after the violin- ist’s concert yesterday he hurried away to the Cafe Martin, where he had Invited 2 party of friends: to celebrate the event with him in a private room. There were 2 half dozen in the party. It was in- tended to be a ' musical jollification. Fletcher, a violin Aealer, had lent g $12,000 violin. The housé provided a plano and there was a shrieking harmonium which | came into play after the musiclans had Brown less critical and more jovial. The clock kept on working despite the noise and Christmas morning came in. But =20 far no cablegram announcing the arrival,of the stork has been received. B —— VOLCANO IN GERMAN SAMOA SHOWS INCREASED ACTIVITY Flow of Lava May Interrupt Commuai- cation on the Island of Savaii. TUTUILA, Samoa, Dec. 12.—The vol- cano on the island of Savail in German Samoa continues with greater activity. Lava is flowing over the old beds with more speed and communication from City Day and Night. RIGA, Saturday, Dec. 23.—The rafl- road employes throughout the Baltic —_— Continued on Page 2, Col 4. one part of the island to anoiher on the coast will shortly be stopped if the flow continues. The glare in the heavens is visible for many miles around. E | & -3 | | LOYAL TROOPS FIRING = UPON RIOTERS "IN THE PHILIPPOFR | BAKBRY IN MOSCOW. fors - 3 BROKEN HEART ACTUAL CAE OF e DEATH Spectal Dispatch to The Call, NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Dr. Philip O'Han- lon, Coroner's physician, was called to the Morgue this afterncon to perform an autopsy upon the body of a woman who dropped dead.on the doorstep of a butch- er shop at 575 Tenth avenue early to-day. The pathologist found that she had died of a broken heart. Technically her death resulted from the bursting of one of the ventricles of her heart, a rare cause of death. 3 While Dr. O'Hanlon, who has performed thousands of autopsies in the past ten years, was discussing the unusual case people from Tenth avenue = visited the Morgue and identifled the body as that of Mrs. Mary McCord, 60 vears old, who lived at 398 Tenth avenue, with her hus- band, up to a few weeks ago, when, the neighbors declared, her husband deserted her. Mrs.. McCord brooded over . her plight and. was despondent. To-day her heart broke and her sifferings ended. ——— Aged Man Burned to Death, AUBURN, Dec. 25.—Dr. Alex Thomas Dozter, 82 years old, a ong time prom- inent physician in this county and a pioneer miner who went down to the American River a short time ago to do some wor¥l on a claim, was burned to death in his cabin at 2 o'clock this morning. C. T. Dozier of Berkeley is a gran -an-or\l.h-'ci:zlud. z P 1 e ficials whose names have been much be- fore the public of late. Several of these officials are likely in the near future to face charges of petty larceny for having systematically charged the policy-holders of their respective companies certain re- curring bills for coal, rugs. bathroom sup- plies and house furnishings, which went to make up a substantial grand total of home comforts in their own domestic es- tablishments. | | to 1884 he practiced in San Francisco and | [188 he moved to Los Angeles and 1888 | | l i f | | I Wedding. TUSTICE YR DIRE 1S SUMNONED B JUDCE OF THE UNVERSE. 1 | | Eminent Jurist Expires After Very Short Illness. Prominent in the State From Day of His Arrival. ‘ | | OAKLAND, Dec. 2%.—After an illness | of only twenty-four hours Justice Walter | | | Van Dyke of the Supreme Court of Cali- | fornia died at 5 o'clock this afternoon | at his residence, Van Dyke and Fourth | | avenues, East Oakland. | The eminent jurist was stricken so sud- | denly that his life of 82 years had ended |almost before the was a realization that he was ill. D #pite Ms age Justice Van Dyke had beer actively engaged in | his judicial labors within the last few ! days before the holidays opened. He had | remarked as late as Friday that he had never felt better in his life. His last ill- | | ness was caused by what seemed to be a slight cold. He did not show signs of | being seriously ill until early this morn- | ing, when pneumonia developed and the end came’ quickly. | Justice Van Dyke was born at Tyre, | Seneca County, New York, on October 13, 1825, He attended tne district schools | of the county and later the select school | at Earlville, going later to the Liberal Institute at Elmira. From 1845 to 184 he | studied law Cleveland, Ohio, and was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court in 1848, The young man was enthusiastic over the West and in company with fourteen other youns men he crossed the plains ed many hardships in 1849. In settled temporarily at Los An- s, buf was soon drawn to San Fran- then to Trinidad. In 152 he went to | cisco. to Klamath County, Oregon, and soon be- | came District Attorney there. Later, after CE_WHO OAKLAND I SIRE WITH organization of Humboldt County, and was for some time vigorous | the | he moved there | editor of the Times, | writer. He also prac {elected to the Senate. in 1861 i ! i | | - - From 1863 1874 to 1577, being a_delegate at large to | the“Gonstitutioval coriventfon of 7. In | was elected Superior Judge. He was | | elected to the’ Supreme Court to serve | { from January, 1599, to December 3i, 1910. | The funeral arrangements have not | been made. There are five children sur- | | viving—Mrs. Franklin Bangs of Oakland, | | | Dr. Edwin Van Dyke of San Franeisco, | | Miss Caroline Van Dyke of Oakland, | William and Henry Van Dyke of Los | }Angelos. 1 | [ ISOCIETY BELLE WEDS o B S ? DAY AHEAD OF TIME | (4 Gl | opnity, Studeng | Protects His Mother. Clergymen FPlead for Youth’s Release by Police Special Di; SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dec. 25.—Society | was very much surprised this after- noon when it learned that Miss | Gertrude Jacks had become the bride | of Charles P. Kaetzel. a promising | young attorney of this city. It was | generally understood that the cere- | mony was. to take place to-morrow. | The young couple persuaded the County | Clerk to issue a license this morning | and the Rev. C. S. Fackenthall, recmr! of the Episcopal church, performed the ceremony at the home of the bride’s parents this afternoon. The bride is e, o the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. jal Dispatch to The Cail Jacks, her father being one of the | e o s largest property = owners in this| PHILADELPHIA, Dec. %.—To protect county. and the groom, a Stanford |his mother. James Pollock, a divinity | graduate, is connected with McD. R. |[gudent, struck a blow last night that | Benable, a leading attorney and pr | : “ |later caused the death of his father and dent of the Commercial Bank s led to the slayer’'s arrest, He was locked 5 i = = 5 ! h atfon hous: Fourth d INSISTS UPON BEING | oo B e, Sy s o g o Q ~ | of ci yme na ent PAID FOR REHEARSALS | fvaren membets pleaded with o polica teutenant:for his release. They declared Union of New York Chorus ingers Submits List Named in connection with these latest | astonishing develzpments in the insurance | hat, if he was responsible for the death of his father, he had acted under the natural impulse to protect his mother scandal are John A. McCall, Richard A. McCurdy, James Hazen Hyde and sev- eral others who have figured in charges of high finance chicanery in the last few months. It is now known that for ten years at least it has been the practice of officers, and In some cases of directors, of the big insurance companies to order great quan- titles of supplies from leading furniture and department stores and have the bills sent to the auditors of the companies. In many cases the goods were delivered to the offices of the rcompanies and then sent to private homes. Specific cases in which such purchases were made have | been discovered by detectives. Investigation of this important branch is being hampered by the fact that a rug house in this city which several years ago supplied several Perslan and Turkish rugs to men in control of the big life in- surance compauies has since gone out of business, but clerks fully cognizant of the transactions of those days have been found and it is hoped that eventually the books of this firm can be uncovered. It is known that one rug, sold for $15,000, was sent to the office of the president o one of the greatest of the insurance com- panies of this city. A rug of this sort is known as well as a painting by Millet or Velasqwez is known, It could not dis- appear without some trace of it being kept, and it is known positively that this rug was never seen in the business of- fice of the president who purchased it. It Is a fact easily certified that even such necessities as small bathroom sup- plies bought in huge quantities by the Equitable were distributed to the homes of officers of the company. Soap, bath towels, sponges, sprays and, many other articles required in the homes of officers of Insurance companies of this city were bought and paid for by tkose in charge of the supply departments of the various companies and were never sent to the buildings of these companles, but directly to the homes of those able to bring about | this peculiar and petty sort of graft. | | | | and that his mental agony was punish« ment enough. The young r an is upon the threshold of ordination to the minis~ try. He has almost completed his studies and would soon have been ordained. ‘With the exeception of the father the Pollock family is omne of the mest re- spected In Kensington. The father's cra ing for drink Las been the one misfortune of the family. He is saild to have been arrested on a charge of Intoxication any number of timessand recently was re- leased from the House of Correction. Pausiug at various places, he directed his steps toward his home on Cumberiand street, where his family was enjoying of Demands. Svecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK. Dec. 25.—The Chorus Singers’ Union, known as Local No. 14 of the Actors’ National Protective Union, | has a formidable list of demands which are to be made to Director Heinrich Con- ried of the Metropoljtan Opera-house some time this week. In compensation for one rehearsal daily this winter the | chorus demands pay In the sum of $25 a | week. , The singers are willing to attend | two réhearsals a day before the season opens next fall for $12 o a week. President Salzburg of the new union | the Christmas dinner. got the floor at a meeting of the Central | '‘So you have at last decided to come Federated Unlons to-day. He said con- | Domei’ said the wife. reproachfully. ditions were bad. The chorus singers got | The husband replied with an oath. A only 315 a week. Then followed a list of | foW more words amf then, according to grievances, ircluding long hours and | the police, Pollock raised his hand and hard conditions. { was about to strike his wife. Music and art, as per- | sonified by the chorus, won the day. It/ The son, hearing the noise of a scuffle, stairs and entered the was decided by unanimous vo - | bounded _down o SErgey were more words and | dorse the demands. { room. There i | another scuffie: then the elder Pollock 1 lay prostrate upon the floor. T‘W_)\ }[fII]_‘D(E}%’I,;S_R FORM | The police say tnat r;uflm;fluruixt:m‘; . 7 TNERSHIP an at his bead crashed upon a juttim | corner of the room. He died a few hours H T rr P g v {later in the Episcopal Hospital iTotal Weight of Bride and‘ Y sy o y Groom Is One Hundred | =% “prilireny AsrRoxonen and Eleven Pounds. | Professor Pereival Lowell Reports Finding of Meteor by Means Special Dispatch to The Call. | of Fhotegraph. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Towa, Dec. %.— | BOSTON, Dec. 25.—A telephone mes- |Inez Lewis of Council Bluffs, who is | sage has been received at the Harvard ; forty-two and one-half inches tall and | Observatory from Professor Percival who weighs 45 pounds, to-day became | Lowell, saying that he found a second the wife of Jean Bregant, an Austrian | comet on the photograph made on No- midget, forty-five Inches tall and weigh- | vember 29, at 9 hours 54 minutes time, iing only 66 pounds. The couple fell in |7 hours west of Greenwich, eighth | love while singing on the vaudeville stage. | ascension 338.5, declination minus 8.7. { 'The bride is only 18 years old, while The comet was moving south by | Bregant is 35 The latter was born in | west or north by east. The comet had Styria, Austria "he parents of both | two talls, one extending north sad the were of normal siz other northeast